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Frank Zappa - "St Etienne", France - 1982
Extrait de "Video From Hell" de 1986.

"St Etienne" est le second solo du titre "Drowning Witch" de l'album "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" joué le 28 mai 1982 au Palais des Sports de Saint-Étienne.

Zappa remporta pour cet album un Grammy Award en 1988, dans la catégorie Meilleure Performance instrumentale de rock (Best Rock Instrumental Performance, en anglais)
Une chose assez étonnante est que cet album reçut un sticker "Parental Advisory" bien que l'album soit entièrement instrumental. Ceci est du au combat mené par Frank Zappa contre le Parental Music Resource Center (PMRC), qui a instauré ce sticker.

Zappa Humor Inside : "Exotic French Sidewalk Entertainment inserted here for diversion while we re-synchronize original VHS footage to The Digital Audio Master"

Shot with a Hitachi home
video camera,
by Thomas Nordegg
during the concert in
St. Etienne, France
May, 1982.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bepti4ltJmc

* Thomas Nordegg was Frank Zappa's guitar tech back in the day. Later, he became guitar tech for his son, Dweezil Zappa, and for former guitarist in Frank Zappa's band; Steve Vai! Thomas Nordegg has quite an impressive effects setup, including lots of TC Electronic gear, and a bunch of rather unusual guitars that can pull off some amazing tricks !